Data-driven persistent monitoring of Indoor Air Systems
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The Department offers a five-year program leading to the Bachelor of Architecture degree. The program provides opportunities for general education as well as preparation for professional practice and/or graduate study.
The Department of Architecture offers two graduate degrees in architecture: a three-year accredited professional degree (MArch) and a two-semester to three-semester research degree (MS in Arch). Double-degree programs are currently offered with the Department of Community and Regional Planning (MArch/MCRP) and the College of Business (MArch/MBA).
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The Department of Architecture was established in 1914 as the Department of Structural Design in the College of Engineering. The name of the department was changed to the Department of Architectural Engineering in 1918. In 1945, the name was changed to the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering. In 1967, the name was changed to the Department of Architecture and formed part of the Design Center. In 1978, the department became part of the College of Design.
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1914–present
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- Department of Structural Design (1914–1918)
- Department of Architectural Engineering (1918–1945)
- Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering (1945–1967)
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- College of Design (parent college)
- College of Engineering(previous college, 1914–1978)
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Abstract
Persistent monitoring of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) within and around buildings and structures is critical to reduce risk of indoor health concerns. Specifically, IAQ issues in large integrated buildings may stem from inadequate ventilation and/or faults in the complex HVAC systems that together with control and communication systems can be considered as complex Cyber Physical Systems (CPSs). We propose a data-driven framework for monitoring distributed complex CPSs that reliably captures cyber and physical sub-system behaviors as well as their interaction characteristics. Using such learning methods, we aim to identify the anomalies and faults at an early stage such that necessary mitigation measures can be pursued in time. A fault in the HVAC system may be due to both physical and cyber anomalies affecting the operational goals of the building system. The proposed technique involves modeling of cyber and physical entities using probabilistic graphical models that capture individual characteristics of the sub-system and causal dependencies among different sub-systems. The proposed model can be trained using nominal historical data and then can be used to monitor the HVAC system and IAQ during regular operation. We validate our method with a case study on an integrated “zero-energy” (low energy/high performance) building, the Interlock House experimental test bed that is developed and maintained by the Center for Building Energy Research (CBER) at Iowa State.
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This proceeding is published as Ghosal, Sambuddha, Chao Liu, Ulrike Passe, Shan He, and Soumik Sarkar. "Data-driven persistent monitoring of Indoor Air Systems." Posted with permission.